Vessel.



PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906. Z. SCOTT.-

VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1

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No. 818,177. PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906. z. SCOTT. VESSEL.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 12, 1904.

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Jl arnezz '1 Ti it it Letters Patent. .xPatented Feb. 20, time.

Application sad m 12, 19M. llericl it. comes.

torn it may News that I, Zaccnso's a cit;-

e United States America, residing Sb ewton, in the county WestmoreadState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefullimeroveri'ieilts in Veseelaoi which the following is a specification,one being bad therein to the accor vmg drawings.

' at ention. relates to certain new and ovemente in vessels, and relatesi ,ort'icnlarly to attachment for wan a present invention has it or itsob j cct the 15 provision. of novel means whereby mines, b we andtorpedoes may" be easily removed i 1 their positions, thereby preventin- ,o the Vessels, invention 5 Jill further contemplates to ecycle anattachment that in y be readily r lowered and also adjusted to any endedposition.

the above and other objects in view the invention in, the novelconstruction fl alien, and arrangement of parts be hereinafter morehilly described and neg the invention in detail referuo accompanyingdrawings, art l this application, in which- 'oective view of the for ipwith improved thereto, and Fig. 2 is a l i'ttlfllll- ,i section the samethe drawings the reference-numeral 1 the bow end of the battle-ship,secured on each side vertical cog-- video with electric lamps for t 1epurpose of does. Cables 12 are attached at 14 to the cutter-bar andextend through port-holes 15, formed in the vessel, and a suitable drumor reel is located within the vessel for the purpose of raising orlowering the cuttenbar, as may be desired. The bomb or shell 16, havingan electrical connection 17, is shown as located in front of thecutter-bar, and as the latter travels forward the cutter bar will severthe connection, which will prevent an explosion taking place.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved attachment willbe readily ap arent from the foregoing description, ta en in connectionwith the accompanying drawin s.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction with-- out departing from the general spirit of myinvention.

llaving'hilly described my invention, what '1 claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a vessel, of verticall -movablc rack-barsmounted on the side of t c vessel adjacent the bow, gear-wheels -meshingwith said rack-bars, means for rev'olvin said gear-wheels to raise andlower the rec c-bars, sectional telescoping arms pivotally attached tosaid rack-bars, a cutter bar rigidly connectin r the outer ends of saidtelescoping arms, cab cs attached to said cutfor exerting tension onsaid cables to raise said cutter-bar, and means for locking thetelescoping bars in extended position.

In an apparatus of the character dcscribcd, the combination. of avessel, vertically-movablc rack-bars mounted on the vcssel adjacent thebow thereof, means for raising and lowering said bars, horizontal armsoivotally scoured to said vertically-movable cars, a cuttcr-bar carriedby said horizontal arms and extending laterally beyond the saidhorizontal arms on each side, cables attached rying reflectors 11, saidcasin s being promore readily locating the shells and torpeter-bar, andextcndin rcarwardly and llp' wardly tl'iercirom to t 10 vessel, andmeans to said cutter barsend extending to the vesto the ends of saidarms, and means attached IO sehend means for exerting tensionon the catosaid cutter-bar whereby the same ma be bles to raise the cutter-bar.raised or lowered, substantially as descri ed.

3. In an attachment for war vessels; the In testimony whereof I affix mysignature combination of vertical racks, pinions to raise in thepresence of two witnesses.

and lower said vertical racks, guides secured ZACCHEUS SCOTT. to thevessel embracing said racks, extensible Witnesses: horizontal armspivotally secured to the H. C. EVEBT,

lower end of said racks, a cutter-bet secured WM. 0. Hum.

